From January 5 – 7, 2024, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, will host one of the world’s best-known readings of Herman Melville’s iconic American novel, Moby-Dick. Free.
The Moby-Dick Marathon features the main 25-hour read-a-thon from Saturday to Sunday, interspersed with fun Melville-inspired activities, including opportunities to chat with the scholars from the Melville Society Cultural Project (MSCP), a live performance of Chapter 40 by Culture*Park, and much more.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum has celebrated Melville’s 1841 departure from the Port of New Bedford and Fairhaven aboard the whaleship Acushnet with this mid-winter tradition since 1997.
Are you ready to join us on the hunt for the elusive white whale?
Visit https://www.whalingmuseum.org/program/moby-dick-marathon-2024/ for full schedule.
“Midnight on the Forecastle” (Chapter 40) will be performed by Culture*Park at approximately 8 p.m. on Sat., 1/6, in the Cook Memorial Theater (Lobby) of the Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill.
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